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property_name: flex-grow
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<section id="flex-grow" class="property">
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    <h2 class="property-name">
      <a href="#flex-grow"><span>#</span>flex-grow</a>
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    <div class="property-description">
      <p>Defines how much a flexbox item should <strong>grow</strong> if there&#39;s space available.</p>

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  </header>

    <style type="text/css">.flex-grow { background: #310736;border-radius: 3px;display: flex;padding: 1em; }</style>




    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">
            <code class="example-default" data-tooltip="This is the property's default value">default</code>


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="flex-grow: 0;">flex-grow: 0;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The element will <strong>not</strong> grow if there&#39;s space available. It will only use the space it needs.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div flex-grow " id="flex-grow-0"><p class="block block--alpha"><strong>Target</strong><p class="block block--pink">Item</p><p class="block block--yellow">Item</p></div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#flex-grow-0{ flex-grow:0;}</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="flex-grow: 1;">flex-grow: 1;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>The element will <strong>grow</strong> by a factor of <strong>1</strong>. It will fill up the remaining space if no other flexbox item has a <code>flex-grow</code> value.</p>

        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div flex-grow " id="flex-grow-1"><p class="block block--alpha"><strong>Target</strong><p class="block block--pink">Item</p><p class="block block--yellow">Item</p></div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#flex-grow-1{ flex-grow:1;}</style>
        <style type="text/css">#flex-grow-1 .block--alpha { flex-grow: 1; }</style>
    </section>
    <section class="example">
      <header class="example-header">
        <p class="example-name">


          <code class="example-value" data-tooltip="Click to copy" data-clipboard-text="flex-grow: 2;">flex-grow: 2;</code>
        </p>
        <div class="example-description">
          <p>Because the flex-grow value is <strong>relative</strong>, its behaviour depends on the value of the flexbox item <strong>siblings</strong>.</p>
<p>In this example, the remaining space is divided in <strong>3</strong>:</p>
<ul><li><strong>1</strong> third goes to the <strong>green</strong> item</li><li><strong>2</strong> thirds go to the <strong>pink</strong> item</li><li>Nothing goes to the <strong>yellow</strong> item, who retains its initial width</li></ul>
        </div>
      </header>

      <aside class="example-preview">
        <div class="example-browser"><i></i><i></i><i></i></div>
        <div class="example-output">
          <div class="example-output-div flex-grow " id="flex-grow-2"><p class="block block--alpha">Item<br><strong>1</strong><p class="block block--pink">Item<br><strong>2</strong></p><p class="block block--yellow">Item<br><strong>0</strong></p></div>
        </div>
      </aside>
          <style type="text/css">#flex-grow-2{ flex-grow:2;}</style>
        <style type="text/css">#flex-grow-2 .block--alpha { flex-grow: 1; }#flex-grow-2 .block--pink { flex-grow: 2; }</style>
    </section>

</section>
